# Alexandr Romankov
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{{Short description|Soviet fencer (born 1953)}}
{{Infobox fencer
| name = Alexandr Romankov
| image = Aleksandr Romankov St Maur 2015 ind t142346.jpg
| caption = Romankov in 2015
| birth_name =
| full_name = Alexandr Anatolyevich Romankov
| nickname =
| nationality =
| residence =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|11|7|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [Korsakov](/source/Korsakov_(town)), [Sakhalin Oblast](/source/Sakhalin_Oblast), [Russian SFSR](/source/Russian_SFSR), [USSR](/source/USSR)
| death_date =
| death_place =
| country = {{URS}}
| weapon = [foil](/source/foil_(fencing))
| hand = left-handed
| height = 1.78 m
| weight = 72 kg
| medaltemplates =
{{Medal|Country | {{URS}} }}
{{Medal|Sport|Men's [fencing](/source/Fencing_(sport))}}
{{Medal|Competition|Olympic Games}}
{{Medal|W|1|(0 individual)}}
{{Medal|RU|2|(1 individual)}}
{{Medal|3rd|2|(2 individual)}}
{{Medal|Competition|[World Championships](/source/World_Fencing_Championships)}}
{{Medal|W|10|(5 individual)}}
{{Medal|RU|2|(1 individual)}}
{{Medal|3rd|3|(0 individual)}}
}}
'''Alexandr Anatolyevich Romankov''' ({{langx|be|Аляксандр Анатольевіч Раманькоў|Alyaksandr Anatolyevich Ramankow}}; {{langx|ru|Александр Анатольевич Романьков|Aleksandr Anatolyevich Romankov}}) is a former [Belarusian](/source/Belarus) [fencer](/source/fencing) from the former [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union), who was born on 7 November 1953 in the town of [Korsakov](/source/Korsakov_(town)) on the island of [Sakhalin](/source/Sakhalin) (just north of [Japan](/source/Japan)). He trained at [Dynamo](/source/Dynamo_(sports_society)) in [Minsk](/source/Minsk) and won a gold medal, two silver medals and two bronze medals at the three [Olympic Games](/source/Olympic_Games) that he competed in between [1976](/source/Fencing_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics) and [1988](/source/Fencing_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics) ) .[{{cite web|url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=ROMANALE01 |title=Alexandr Romankov |access-date=2011-04-11 |website=databaseOlympics.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815221811/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=ROMANALE01 |archive-date=2011-08-15 }}][{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/aleksandr-romankov-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417200019/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/aleksandr-romankov-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Alexandr Romankov |access-date=2011-04-11}}]
==Achievements==
;[Olympic Games](/source/Fencing_at_the_Summer_Olympics)
*20 px Foil team (1988)
*20 px Foil individual (1976) and Foil team (1980)
*20 px Foil individual (1980, 1988)
;[Fencing World Cup](/source/Fencing_World_Cup)
* 20px Foil (1974, 1976)
* A ten-time World Champion (1977, 1983 - individual; 1981, 1989 - team; 1974, 1979, 1982 - individual and team).[{{cite web|url=http://fencing-future.com/cntnt/eng/zvezdy_feh6/alexander_.html|title=Alexander Romankov|publisher=fencing-future.com|access-date=29 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130813082244/http://fencing-future.com/cntnt/eng/zvezdy_feh6/alexander_.html|archive-date=13 August 2013|url-status=dead}}]
* A seventeen-time Champion of the [USSR](/source/USSR).[
==Honours==
* Awarded the title of Chevallier [Feyerick](/source/Robert_Feyerick) by the [FIE](/source/FIE).][
* Has coached the National teams of [Australia](/source/Australia), [Belarus](/source/Belarus), and [Korea](/source/Korea).][
* Featured in the 2004 [Guinness Book of World Records](/source/Guinness_Book_of_World_Records).][
* Coached for a few years at FAW, the Fencing Academy of Westchester, in Westchester New York.][
* Known sometimes as the "Tsar of Fencing".][
==See also==
*[Multiple medallist at the World Fencing Championships](/source/World_Fencing_Championships)
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{EFC|00728836|Alexandr Romankov}} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160927033507/http://www.eurofencing.info/athletes/biography/alexandr-romankov/results archive])
* {{Olympics.com|aleksander-romankov|Aleksander Romankov|org_id=aleksandr-romankov|org_name=Aleksandr Romankov|org_archive=20190426162646}}
* {{Olympedia|name=Aleksandr Romankov}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions Fencing Team Foil Men}}
{{World Champions in Men's Foil}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Romankov, Alexander}}
Category:1953 births
Category:Living people
Category:Soviet male fencers
Category:Olympic fencers for the Soviet Union
Category:Fencers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Category:Fencers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Category:Fencers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Dynamo Sports Club sportspeople
Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
Category:Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
Category:Olympic medalists in fencing
Category:Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Summer World University Games medalists in fencing
Category:FISU World University Games bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
Category:Medalists at the 1979 Summer Universiade
Category:Left-handed fencers
Category:World Fencing Championships medalists
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